Re: Who are your favourite fighters and why?
I like a lot of MMA fighters
Ken Shamrock: Ken was doin MMA from the very first UFC which he lost to Royce Gracie. Ken has been in some great fights and was a great fighter, he's just too old now and needs to stay out of the cage/ring. His fights with Gracie, Don Frye, Ortiz, etc. were action packed, well maybe not the Gracie ones, but still.
Frank Shamrock: He's an arrogant ass hole but he backs it up 90% of the time. He beat Tito's punk ass way back in the day and schooled Baroni recently. Ya gotta love Frank, hes maybe better than his older brother b4 its all said and done too.
Vernon "Tiger" White: Vernon also trains outta the Lions Den, and he's like the Emmanuel Augustus of MMA, better than Shoni Carter who is like the other Augustus of MMA. Anyway, White is damn good with his fists and always comes to fight. He gave Chuck Liddell HELL until he got hit with a blind punch and KO'd.
James "Sand Man" Irving: Irving is a bastard, no doubt about it, but he's got good stand up and can punch and knee motherfuckers and KO them. He's fought in the UFC on the at least 3 times and he's lost least once and won a couple figts by awesome KO's. If you ever get the chance to see his fight against current WEC Champ Doug "Rhino" Marshall, check it out, he gives Marshall literally THE WORST ASS KICKING EVER.
George St. Pierre: GSP is probably the most athletic MMA fighter in the world. He does shit in the octagon that you see in Jean Claude Van Damme movies, cept it actually works in real life for him. I was surprised as hell that Serra KO'd him, but shat can happen with those little 4 oz gloves. He'll be back and as exciting as ever soon enuff.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: This dude is crazy. He loves to fight and his slams are awesome. Liddell is a good guy and was probably the best LH champ ever, but I was happy to see Rampage KO him and get the attention and money he deserves. Guy's an animal.
Joe "Diesel" Riggs: This guy has gotten his ass beat in recent fights, but he's got good KO power and a good gimmick, guy writes "Good Night" on his mouthpieces so when he smiles at his opponents they know whats comin. Plus this dude used to weigh like 300 lbs and was a HW fighter then worked his ass off and got down to a chizzled 185 and was/is one of the top 10 best 185 lbers in the world.
Don "The Predator" Frye: Frye is a bad ass and an OG in MMA. He is an intense Motherfuker. That fight they show of him in Pride when him and this huge ass ugly ass fukin Japanese guy go at, DAMN! They just stand up grab each other behind the head and smash eachother in the face with haymakers for like a minute or two straight, its fukin unbelievable. Frye had a lot of great fights in Pride, his fight with Shamrock was pretty, not as good as the stare down though. Frye's got a mean staredown.
Randy Coutre: Coutre is just a professional and a real nice guy. Ya gotta like and respect him. He's what 43 now or something and still kicked that giant fuker Tim Sylvia's ass. Coutre is an awesome fighter, I would love to see him beat this Gonzaga guy and take on Fedor Emelianko to prove who is the absolute best HW in the world.
Damn, thats a long list, but I been watchin MMA since pretty much the first UFC, so I got a lot of favorite fighters. Hope some of you other Boxing/MMA nerds will check out some of those fighters and fights I mentioned. For sure you must see James Irving vs. Doug Marshall, that was a brutal ass whippin.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
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